Supreme Court of Turks and Caicos Islands

The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters; appellate jurisdiction over appeals from the Magistrate’s Court and other statutory bodies such as the National Insurance Board and the Liquor Licensing Board; and supervisory jurisdiction over lower adjudicatory bodies and the actions of government.

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Judgment date
March 2024
Order to hear related actions together was not consolidation; severance application dismissed; directions hearing ordered.
Civil procedure – Order 4 R.9 – distinction between consolidation and directing matters to be tried at the same time; Order 15 R.5 inapplicable where no joinder; variation of interlocutory orders limited to manner not substance; inherent jurisdiction to list directions hearing.
25 March 2024
Immediate deregistration without prior hearing was procedurally unfair and disproportionate; removal directive to licensee was upheld.
Administrative law — Judicial review of regulatory enforcement — exercise of emergency cancellation power under s.167(3) POCO — natural justice and audi alteram partem — proportionality and Wednesbury unreasonableness — ex post facto justifications and cross-examination of decision-maker.
22 March 2024
12 March 2024